i was at this show (1995)..how handy youtube can be.

PJ Harvey - Naked Cousin - Glastonbury Festival 1995

PJ Harvey - Send His Love To Me - Glastonbury Festival 1995

Roasted Tomato Soup!

Roasted Tomato Soup Recipe C/O 101cookbooks.com
5 tomatoes, cored (if necessary) and quartered
1 large red bell pepper, seeded and quartered
3 medium yellow onions, peeled, quartered
extra-virgin olive oil
5 plump cloves of garlic, unpeeled
fine-grain sea salt
2 - 3 cups light vegetable stock or water
1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
Preheat the oven to 375F degrees and position 2 racks in the middle of the oven. Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper, alternately you can just rub them down with a thin glaze of olive oil.
Arrange the tomatoes, skin side down, on a baking sheet. Coat the bell pepper and onions with olive oil and put them on the other baking sheet along with the garlic, place the pepper skin side down as well. Give both sheets a light showering of salt, then bake until the tomatoes start to collapse and the onions start to brown and caramelize, about 45 minutes. Turn the onions if they start getting overly dark on the bottom .Check on the garlic as well, once the cloves are golden and oozy inside, pull them from the oven.
Peel the garlic, dump all of the roasted vegetables into a big, high-sided bowl, and puree with a hand blender. Alternately, use a conventional blender or food processor and work in batches. Blend in a cup of the stock, and keep adding the rest 1/2 cup at a time until the soup is the desired consistency. I like a little chunk and texture to this soup particularly if the weather has a bit of a chill, but smooth or chunky is your call. Add the paprika and a bit more salt if needed - adjusting to your taste.
Serves 4.

i perfected the vegan [butter-less, flour-less, egg-less, and sugar-less] cookie recipe: 1/2 the chocolate & added dried cranberries.

[absolutely] everything has a silver lining.

SIGUR ROS. the best &most amazing live show i have ever[ever] seen. a perfect evening &a perfect reminder of the balance &beauty of life.

PIPER.

& breathe.

don't mess with bonnie.. she's an expert.

fresh.

cabbageface.

sometimes it is nice to close your eyes.

this deserves its own post. thanks BB..

"if it's the last dance...dance backwards."
-cooper edens.

just another day.

Part of yesterday's daily Kabbalah: Seems fitting :)

Thursday, September 25

CHAOS CAN ALWAYS BE TURNED INTO BLESSINGS.

With that in mind, appreciate your obstacles today. Learn to see them for what they are: opportunities to elevate your mind, body and soul.

[secret] robots.

winter, foreshadowed.

three to the O.

okay...it is officially the latest obsession..

elsiane - mend

this made me smile. i received it in an email so i dont know where it was pulled from. all the same :)

Elsiane: (she is amazing - thank you stasi for a most perfect new music recommendation!)

Vaporous

Across the Stream (live)

itty bitty titty committee: i highly recommend it. it is still making me smile & laugh.

color.

sunday.morning,walkabout.

said one bulding to the other.

fall is upon us!

hello, littlebigbugonmywindshieldwiper.

just read:

young adult literature - does and always will have a special place in my heart. this is another good one to add to that list.

documented: I Remember Me (2001)

My fascination and draw to documentaries-- the complete exposure & deep dive into something I may have never otherwise come across..the very obsessive nature of documentaries in and ofthemselves; both from the viewpoint of the documentar and the documentee/s..the whole voyeurism aspect of it all..oh, the list goes on.. This is a good one and something I had no knowledge or awareness of in the least.
"Kim A. Snyder's earnest 16-millimeter documentary tells us everything we don't know about the ailment known as chronic fatigue syndrome. The movie follows Ms. Snyder on a dogged but ultimately futile four-year quest for hard answers about this mysterious disease, whose existence some medical experts still refuse to acknowledge." – Stephen Holden, The New York Times

butter-less, flour-less, egg-less, and sugar-less cookies!

these are SOOOO yummy & EASY to make [even in a pint-sized kitchen like mine!].

Nikki's Healthy Cookie Recipe C/O 101cookbooks.com
3 large, ripe bananas, well mashed (about 1 1/2 cups)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup coconut oil, barely warm - so it isn't solid (or alternately, olive oil)
2 cups rolled oats
2/3 cup almond meal
1/3 cup coconut, finely shredded & unsweetened
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
6 - 7 ounces chocolate chips or dark chocolate bar chopped
Preheat oven to 350 degrees, racks in the top third.
In a large bowl combine the bananas, vanilla extract, and coconut oil. Set aside. In another bowl whisk together the oats, almond meal, shredded coconut, cinnamon, salt, and baking powder. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until combined. Fold in the chocolate chunks/chips.The dough is a bit looser than a standard cookie dough, don't worry about it. Drop dollops of the dough, each about 2 teaspoons in size, an inch apart, onto a parchment (or Silpat) lined baking sheet. Bake for 12 - 14 minutes. I baked these as long as possible without burning the bottoms and they were perfect - just shy of 15 minutes seems to be about right in my oven.
Makes about 3 dozen bite-sized cookies.

my mailbox is not nearly as fun.

i haven't been moved by any of my word of the day emails for a long time...but finally i have come across a good one!:

Word of the Day for Thursday, September 18, 2008
tintinnabulation \tin-tih-nab-yuh-LAY-shuhn\, noun:

A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells.

just read: book II. [i am happy i already have book III in my posession.. ]

fall: centrally located to my heart.

water-go-round.

barred.

it could always be worse.

rough nite?

documented: Watermarks.

"Watermarks is the story of the champion women swimmers of the legendary Jewish sports club, Hakoah Vienna. Hakoah ("The Strength" in Hebrew) was founded in 1909 in response to the notorious Aryan Paragraph, which forbade Austrian sports clubs from accepting Jewish athletes. Told by the swimmers, now in their eighties, Watermarks is about a group of young girls with a passion to be the best. It is the saga of seven outstanding athletes who still swim daily as they age with grace. (Kino International)"

side-walk.

#3.